Osgood-Schlatter's disease also known as osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis at the level of the tibial tubercle due to repetitive strain on the growth ...SearchSearchSearchTogglenavigationpPhysiopediapPhysiopediaAboutNewsContributeCoursesResourcesContactDonateLoginpPhysiopediaAboutNewsContributeCoursesResourcesShopContactDonatepo+ContentsEditorsCategoriesShareCiteContentsloading...Editorsloading...Categoriesloading...Whenreferingtoevidenceinacademicwriting,youshouldalwaystrytoreferencetheprimary(original)source.Thatisusuallythejournalarticlewheretheinformationwasfirststated.InmostcasesPhysiopediaarticlesareasecondarysourceandsoshouldnotbeusedasreferences.Physiopediaarticlesarebestusedtofindtheoriginalsourcesofinformation(seethereferenceslistatthebottomofthearticle).IfyoubelievethatthisPhysiopediaarticleistheprimarysourcefortheinformationyouarereferingto,youcanusethebuttonbelowtoaccessarelatedcitationstatement.CitearticleOsgood-Schlatter'sDiseaseJumpto:navigation,searchOriginalEditor-CaseyKirkes,GeoffreyDeVosaspartoftheVrijeUniversiteitBrusselEvidence-basedPracticeProjectTopContributors-GeoffreyDeVos,Admin,KetaParikh,SamVerhelpen,NicolasD'Hondt,ScottBuxton,MichelleLee,LaurensDereymaeker,JetseDeProft,KimJackson,RachaelLowe,NicolasEveraerts,CaseyKirkes,WandavanNiekerk,AndeelaHafeez,HanneVelghe,UchechukwuChukwuemeka,VidyaAcharya,NaomiO'Reilly,AdamVallelyFarrell,TonyLowe,ClaireKnottandRuchaGadgil OnePageOwnerKetaParikhaspartoftheOnePageProjectContents1Description2ETIOLOGY3EPIDEMIOLOGY4RelevantAnatomy5ClinicalPresentationandExamination6DifferentialDiagnosis7DiagnosticProcedures8Prognosis9MedicalManagement10PhysicalTherapyManagement10.1PainRelief10.2ExerciseTherapy10.3Shockwave10.4ActivityLimitation11ReferencesDescription[edit|editsource]MalewithOsgood-SchlatterdiseaseOsgood-Schlatter'sdiseasealsoknownasosteochondrosisortractionapophysitisatthelevelofthetibialtubercleduetorepetitivestrainonthegrowthplateofthetibialtuberosity.Therepetitivestrainisfromthestrongpullofthe